[Treatment-refractory anaemia in a 35-year-old heart transplant recipient on chronic hemodialysis].
This article presents a case of pure red cell aplasia in a 35-year-old heart transplant recipient on chronic hemodialysis. Elevated parvovirus B19 immunoglobulin M blood levels were detected along with a high viral load of 80 billion IU/ml quantified by polymerase chain reaction. Bone marrow examination revealed giant proerythroblasts confirming parvovirus B19 infection. High-dose intravenous immunoglobulin was used for treatment. Anaemia had significantly improved 4 weeks later. Parvovirus B19 infection should be excluded in organ transplant recipients with anaemia due to ineffective erythropoiesis.
PMID: 33580307 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Hamostaseologie - Category: Hematology Authors: Schröder C, Roeles J, Schwarzer A, Heuser M, Retzlaff J, Hiß M Tags: Internist (Berl) Source Type: research
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